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Since BT upgraded my FTTC connection from 40/10Mb to 80/20Mb I’ve struggled to receive more than 50Mb speeds using OS X 10.7. Turned out to be a TCP settings issue, here’s the fix:

Suggested tuning parameters for a AFP client and AFP Server
Here are some suggested tuneables we have found to increase AFP
performance between Mac clients and a Mac server.

-Bring up a Terminal/shell window

-become root user with:

sudo sh

(supply the password…it will not display as you type)

The result should be that the “prompt” changes from
a $ to a #

Copy these lines with your mouse and execute them (right-click/paste)
them into the terminal/shell window you became root on. The list
of commands are different based on the amount of memory
you have on your system as well as if it is a client or server.